In the past year and a half, the city has decommissioned or taken down three major encampments that had taken hold along the waterfronts, giving all those camping there credible offers of housing or shelter.
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Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
And focus on important things like fisheries, clean water, clean air, great local coastal communities, coastal economies, keeping our working waterfronts running.
Egypt’s mummies are the most well-known, but the process can also happen naturally in places like glacier ice, desert sands and bog sludge.
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Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
While Rolls-Royce Cullinans waited to ferry guests to the golden sands of Jardin Tropézina, the hotel's chic beach club, children were far more enchanted by the whimsical little train that chugged them toward the 5,500-square-foot kids’ club.
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Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2026
Historically, some of Miami’s most desirable real estate has been crowded along the beachfronts of the metropolitan area, with businesses and wealthy white residential enclaves prizing shore views and beach access.
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Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
The Caribbean-facing region of Quintana Roo has some of Mexico's busiest and most built-up beachfronts, but visitors looking for a more serene escape will love still-secret destinations like Mahahual.
Alcatraz Island isn't known for its wildlife, but earlier this month, guests witnessed a rare moment — a coyote swimming onto the shores of the notorious prison island.
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Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
Stretches of salt flats lined its shores, where flamingos perched.
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